Snl24 | Chiefs set up pursuit for Johnson replacement?

Cavin Johnson is already feeling the heat as interim coach at Kaizer Chiefs where he will continue until the end of the season.

The situation at Kaizer Chiefs that has left the club’s players now merely ‘going through the motions’ with eight games has prompted the club’s management to step up their new coach hunt.

Chiefs have Cavin Johnson standing in as caretaker coach until the end of the season when he is expected to then revert to his head of development duties.

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Just like all of those that have come before him since June 2015, Johnson has failed the trophy test. 

Worse for him is that he has now only won once in the last eight games.

This has left the 65-year-old sinking to a winning rate of 35,7 % which is nearer to what Giovanni Solinas and Molefi Nsteki were sacked for.

The Chiefs management has taken notice that Johnson cannot be the man trusted with the job in the new season and have been hard at work in the background.

Considering just how much their recent appointments have not worked out Chiefs have chosen to be cautious with indications pointing to that they will bring a new coach from outside South Africa.

This will be the fifth consecutive season that they have to make decisions related to a new coach since they dumped Ernst Middendorp.

Since then, there has been Gavin Hunt, Stuart Baxter, Arthur Zwane, and Molefi Ntseki all getting a chance from the start of the season.

Prior to that, Chiefs also had Giovanni Solinas and Steve Komphela failing in the period since they last won a trophy.

Only Middendorp fared well coming with minutes of lifting the league title. 

All these failures have left the Motaungs needing to be careful with how they approach this issue this time considering how low the club has sunk.

This website has established that the Motaungs have been having ongoing meetings relating to this matter as CVs of coaching continue flooding.

Another meeting was held this week with considerations being made of the options on the table.

Chiefs are keen to have the matter of the new coach settled prior to the end of the current season.

This will then enable them to make informed decisions about their squad which is due for another reshuffle with the influential pair of Itumeleng Khune and Keagan Dolly standing on the fence.

The direction that the club will take will become a project that the new coach will be invested in.

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There has been whispers of that Muhsin Ertugral and Vladimir Vermezovic are keen to return while the most high-profile name that has landed as an option is Brazilian gaffer Vanderlei Luxemburgo after talks with Alexandre Gallo and Nasreddine Nabi brought no joy last year.

Chiefs are standing still in not being swayed by intermediaries that have been throwing CVs of those that they represent into the pot.